davis. i think the democrats went a little bit too hard to try to destroy greg abbott because of his relationship with ted cruz or i should say with ted nugent. it may be backfiring on them today. >> that's an incredible thing if it's true. that you would actually see the poll numbers go up on the basis of that. >> yeah, i think they overplayed it. i do. i think people in texas that know ted nugent and know what to expect from him and take him with a grain of salt saw them try to destroy greg abbott many believe is a good man and think they maybe overplayed their hand. >> that's an interesting question about how they're playing their hand, paul, because there wasn't just the mongrel comment in the comment that ted nugent originally made. he also used the word chimpanzee in a way that seemed to refer pretty clearly to the president. i wanted to play that exchange to you for your reaction because you're part of it, paul. >> i called my buddies in my band chimpanzees when they miss a good guita